CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — New Hampshire's public colleges and universities are among the biggest winners under the budget proposal laid out by Gov. Maggie Hassan.

Hassan told lawmakers Wednesday that she wants to spend $75 million on the state university system in fiscal year 2014 and $90 million the following year. That would bring funding back to almost what it was in 2011, before the Republican-led Legislature slashed the amount nearly in half.

Hassan also proposes $83 million over two years for community colleges, and $4 million for need-based scholarships that could be used at private and public universities.

The leaders of the university system — UNH, Keene State, Plymouth State and Granite State College — say they will ask their trustees to freeze instate tuition for two years if their funding is restored.